Another year, another Eurotrash. On November 9th, SAS
held its largest 5C party of the year in the Sallie Tiernan
Field House parking garage. Students dressed in “Eurotrash”
attire and danced to DJ Frakture’s bumpin’ EDM music. SAS
declared the three-hour party a success, with one of the
highest attendances of all of the past Eurotrash events.
SAS prides itself in creating safe party atmospheres. This
year we took extra steps to make Eurotrash a comfortable
space for all by increasing the visibility inside the usually
darker parking garage and by increasing the number of
security personnel. Increased visibility also created more
lit open areas where attendees could converse rather than
only having dimly lit areas for dancing. We are pleased to
report that there were no alcohol or drug related hospital
transports, which frequently occur at events of this size.
Post-party, SAS discussed the meaning of the term
Eurotrash. Some people have been left asking, “What is
Eurotrash, how does one dress like that, and what does
it mean?” There have been some confused students
and several incidences of students in past years feeling
uncomfortable with the theme. For those who don’t know,
Eurotrash was originally associated with electric dance
music (EDM), which was popular mostly in Europe. Over
time, it migrated over to the United States and became
popular, so the party and style of music has lost its original
association to Europe.
All of this considered, we are considering a name change
for Eurotrash. This does not mean the end of dressing up in
fun, neon, and crazy attire, or playing EDM at large parties.
Rather, in picking a different name we hope it will clear up
any confusion about what the party and its implications
are. We don’t want students to feel they might be offending
someone else if they dress to fit the party theme. We
have not come to any conclusions about this issue, but
will encourage next year’s SAS representatives to consider
it before they put on what would be Eurotrash next year.
SAS will continue to discuss how we can improve large 5C
events. It is our goal to create environments that are safe,
comfortable, and fun for all partygoers.